I noticed that one of the participants in yesterday's Scrapheap Challenge on TV was called 'Lurch'.
Since I haven't come across too many people with this handle, I wondered whether there was any connection with the 'Lurch' who posts here. Admittedly, our Lurch appears to be an electrician, whereas the bloke on the telly was tinkering with car bits - but the two are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
Challenge on
Dunno, I'm sure the resident Lurch will advise shortly.
The man behind the UK-Rocketman site
Something I was wondering about last week, come on Stuart !!
Dave
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 18:40:38 -0000, "Set Square" strung together this:
Alas, it wasn't me. ;-( I do tinker with car bits from time to time, and have been known to change an engine or two, but I'm not up to completely building some of the constructions that appear on Scrapheap yet!
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 18:40:38 -0000, a particular chimpanzee named "Set Square" randomly hit the keyboard and produced:
When I was at school, it was a name given to anyone more than two inches taller than his (or her) classmates.
Same here, and his slightly portly best mate quickly became known as festus!
MBQ
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